Beach Boys by Sara Sousa
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Sara Sousa about her series Beach Boys, an aesthetic exploration of bodies and sand. First, let’s start with a couple biographical questions to introduce you to our readers – where are you from? Do you practice photography as a hobby or a profession? When or why did your interest […]
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A Conversation with Nick Prideaux
Meet Nick Prideaux – an Australian photographer and visual storyteller based in Bangkok. His photos vary from minimalist compositions with saturated colour, to atmospheric shots in delicate light. Prideaux uses 35mm film and approaches photography in a “diaristic manner”. Prideaux explains, “My approach is guided by my intuition, rather than preconception. The camera gives me a […]
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Seigar’s Plastic People
Seigar is an English philologist, a highschool teacher, and a curious photographer. He is a fetishist for reflections, saturated colours, details and religious icons. In this series, subjects are often just out of reach, veiled by glass and reflections from the street – inaccessible to reach out and touch, but always in sight. Meet Seigar’s […]
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Rekindling a Marriage as Old as Our Existence: Federica Porro and Celina Marie Dzyacky Explore the Relationship Between Man and the Natural World
Mutualisms sprawl vehemently throughout the natural world. These mutualisms exist not only in the everyday workings of plant and animal ecosystems, but also through tender encounters between human and nature. Federica Porro and Celina Marie Dzyacky encapsulate this coexistence between plant and man in their series, Flora Umana. In this series, the Italian (Porro) and […]
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Possible Scenarios by Sofia Podesta
Sofia Podestà’s latest photographic series manages to explore a cold and stark landscape with surprising warmth. Through her photography, Podestà is able to transform her surroundings into something magical – as I scroll through her works, a vague sense of familiarity comes over me, even though I’ve never been to these places or seen these […]
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Alicja Brodowicz’s Diptych: Nature and the Human Body
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” – Alice Walker When Alicja Brodowicz chooses Alice Walker’s words as the epithet to her series Visual Exercises, she evokes the basic truth of the project: nature is a strange […]
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Francois Bellabas Thoughtfully Explores the Automotive Realm of Los Angeles in his Series “Motorstudies”
Francois Bellabas’ photographic series Motorstudies is an ambitious mix between documentary photography and a search for idealized aesthetics. Described by Bellabas himself, the series “is a photographic study that questions the car and its representation, but which also uses it as a referent and a measurement tool. It’s a documentary about the issues, the challenges and the […]
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Kira Braden Steps Lightly Across the Threshold Into “Grandfather’s House” and Beckons us to Follow
A grandparent’s house is a treasured haven. It is a domain removed from the drama of the childhood home, but still intimately familial. For the lucky ones, the grandfamily can be a constant second port of call, one step removed from the web of responsibilities and expectations owed amongst immediate kin. We enter Grandfather’s House near the […]
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The Story of You by Deanna Pizzitelli
It is a dark lecture hall at the back of the bottom floor of the National Gallery of Canada, next to the gift shop and an atrium lit by the koi pond, which serves as its skylight. The hall is full of murmurs and silhouettes. They move with a light anticipation, and the conversations I […]
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The Defaced and Obscured Portraits of Stepan Chubaev
Stepan Chubaev’s work is anything but classic portraiture. Rather than capturing his subjects in a soft and flattering light, he presents their features boldly and bizarrely, often with highly saturated colours and overexposed light. Chubaev hails from the cultural capital of Russia, Saint Petersburg. Born in 1999, Chubaev has made some impressive feats as an […]
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